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Nuclear Power Economics |
What is the relationship between the economics of nuclear power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons? When security and arms control analysts list what has helped keep nuclear weapons technologies from spreading further than they already have, energy economics are rarely, if ever, mentioned. Yet, large civilian nuclear energy programs bring states quite a way towards developing nuclear weapons and it has been energy economics, more than any other force, which has hampered most states’ plans to develop such projects. read more |
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May 26, 2010 |
National Review Online: "Energy Pork: What Our Troops Are Fighting For?"
As the House prepares to vote on a War Supplemental Bill, NPEC's executive director writes on the National Review Online that a deal between the White House and the Congressional leadership has ensured a $19 billion serving of commercial energy pork is tucked away in its pages.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Apr 19, 2010 |
Wall Street Journal, "Insuring India's Nuclear Power."
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, "Insuring India's Nuclear Power", NPEC's executive director lays out the debate in India's parliament over the level of insurance U.S. nuclear companies are requesting its government provide them in the event of an accident, a clash that is likely to limit U.S. investment in the near term and benefit French and Russian firms.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Apr 19, 2010 |
Testimony of Peter A. Bradford Before the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission member and present NPEC advisory board member Peter Bradford testified before the House Subcommittee for Domestic Policy in a hearing on federal loan guarantees for nuclear power and argued that it represents a risky bet for tax payers that will likely to hurt rather than help efforts to combat climate change.
Testimony & Transcripts
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Mar 16, 2010 |
NPEC Signed Letters to Congress Oppose Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power
NPEC co-signed a letter along with the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Marshall Institute which urges the leadership of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development not to give any additional loan guarantee authority to the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program in the FY 2011 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
Official Docs & Letters
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Mar 05, 2010 |
NPEC-Lowy Institute Workshop Debrief: "Asia's Nuclear Future: Unlike Our Transatlantic Past"
NPEC's meeting in Sydney from February 16-18 focused on Asia's nuclear future and produced a number of interesting discussions on nuclear and conventional arms competitions and the development of nuclear power in the region which are summarized in this debriefing.
Working Papers
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Jan 12, 2010 |
National Journal, "More Nuclear Aid Would Bomb Economics."
NPEC's executive director writes for the National Journal in a blog questioning the merits of federal subsidies for nuclear power.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Dec 17, 2009 |
The Indian Nuclear Industry: Status and Prospects
M.V. Ramana of Princeton University details why Indian plans to out build France's most ambitious building program won't happen.
Articles
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Dec 14, 2009 |
New Nuclear - The Economics Say No
CITIGroup’s latest financial analysis of building more nuclear power plants in the UK concludes that without massive, new government financial incentives and guarantees, the economics say no.
Articles
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Oct 30, 2009 |
Congress Promotes WMD Commission Recommendation for Alternative Energy Peace Corps
Foreign Policy's "The Cable" blog reports that Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Congressmen Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) have introduced measures calling for an alternative energy Peace Corps in bills advancing both houses of Congress. This was a key recommendation of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism on which NPEC's executive director serves. NPEC has also commented previously on Akaka's role in introducing legislation.
Op-Eds & Blogs
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Sep 22, 2009 |
MIT Paper on Better Regulations for Improving U.S. Electrical Grid Efficiency
In a new report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mason Willrich examines how state and federal regulations need to be modified with reforms that support the quickest, cheapest development of a smarter and stronger national electrical distribution system.
Articles
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founded in 1994 to promote a better understanding of strategic weapons proliferation issues. NPEC educates
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and university professors about proliferation threats and possible new policies and measures to meet them. |
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